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Elected in 2016, Sinn Féin's John Brady was the party's first Dáil representative in Wicklow for almost 100 years.
The 46-year-old’s popularity stayed strong over the course of the last Dáil, as he retained his seat for the second election in a row.
A member of the Oireachtas Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Brady has campaigned heavily against the JobPath scheme, bogus self-employment and zero-hour contracts.
A self-employed carpenter by trade, he became a full-time public representative in 2013 after his business folded due to the economic downturn.
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In 2004, he first became involved with elected politics when he won a town council seat in Bray, Co Wicklow. Five years later, he secured a county council seat.
In 2014, he came under the spotlight when he and his family received an eviction notice over work he carried out on his council house a decade previously without planning permission.
The married father of five lives in Bray and has been vocal on infrastructure issues for the area.
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